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Ingrid Michaelson: Everybody

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EverybodyI’m such a music geek, and Ingrid fan, so I’ll admit that I’ve been waiting for this album to come out since December of last year, when it was still referred to as an untitled LP.

Ingrid did not disappoint. I loved the album upon the first listen (I initially download a low quality rip from Rapidshare), I ended up buying a 320kbps digital download from the shop. I ended up copying the files to mom’s laptop, since she’s also an Ingrid fan.

So far, my absolute favorite is Mountain And The Sea. But overall, the whole album is really really good.

I’ve asked a friend who’s coming home from the States to buy me a physical copy of the album. Hopefully, I’ll get my hands on it when she comes home. I’m looking forward to hearing A Fine Frenzy’s album too, which is coming out soon.

Getting a new guitar

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I’ve recently decided to start playing the guitar again. :P It just suddenly came up while I was looking at accredited online degrees. Random, yes. The guitar is probably the only instrument I can really play, among all the instruments I studied.

A few friends are going to help me select a decent guitar soon, since my old guitar is falling apart. We’re going to look in Sta. Mesa in a couple of weeks. I still don’t know when. I’m really looking forward to it.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to take it more seriously now. I still remember most of the chords I learned while I was taking lessons.

More music

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I always work well when there’s music playing in the background. If you’re a last.fm friend, you probably already know that. :P I keep meaning to change my last.fm username, but I just can’t bear to part with it because of my stats. 2,000+ The Hush Sound listens is going to be hard to redo. :P I would like to remove some of the artists in my Last.fm library, though. *embarrassed*

While I work, I usually have music downloads running (hey, it’s better than running an employee background check). I am always downloading music. To be honest, there are about 20+ albums here that I haven’t listened to yet. My friend Jem keeps telling me to start listening to them before I download any more music. Yesterday, I went on one of those download sprees, and I feel like sharing a few of the artists I searched for (because they’re awesome).

  • Florence and The Machine – Marit Larsen described Florence Welch as sounding like, "Feist’s rebellious, naughty, severely heartbroken sister." Being a Feist fan, I decided to check it out, and I have to agree.
  • Laura Marling – When I listen to her, I keep thinking, "she does not sound like a 19 year-old." I mean that as a compliment. Acoustic indie-folk at its best.
  • Emmy the Great – Nice voice, great lyrics. I wasn’t able to find any of her EPs, but her first LP, First Love, is lovely. Just lovely.
  • Slow Club – Very odd, in a good way. They sort of remind me of the band Tilly and the Wall, they’re just as quirky.
  • The Submarines – Cute, happy, indie pop! :) Honeysuckle Weeks is such a great album – it sort of reminds me of the 1990s – a little. I’ve been able to download Declare A New State! but I haven’t given it a listen yet. ‘"Say what you will; love finds you even when you’ve given it up." Teehee.
  • Jeremy Warmsley – I’m not a huge electrofolk fan, but this is pretty good. He plays electronica with a bit of pop, but still manages to sound raw.

Still downloading a few more albums, but I’ll probably blog about them if something sticks. I’ve already deleted 10 of the albums I downloaded. :P

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I’ve been listening to some new music lately. I recently found out that Nickel Creek has gone on hiatus and they’ve been working on their own projects so I hurriedly did a search of their music. I was able to download Chris Thile’s albums, as well as Sara Watkins’, and Sean Watkins’ project with Jon Foreman, Fiction Family. I’ve recently discarded my ipods and am relying on my cell phone to be my MP3 player. Toting too many gadgets feels so tedious and burdensome sometimes.

I’ve also started to listen to Bethany Dillon and Francesca Battistelli. There are so many good Christian artists out there – who are still listenable even if you’re not Christian. :)

Norwegian music

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A lot of my friends constantly remind me that Norway (and Sweden) are the metal meccas of the world, but I never knew that they had a decent collection of singer-songwriters as well. I’ve been downloading a lot of them lately, and they’re pretty good. Not spectacular, but still good to listen to.

First is Sondre Lerche. I haven’t had the chance to listen to Duper Sessions, but I have given his old albums a listen and they sound great.

I’ve also started listening to Maria Mena. Her albums have been collecting dust in my computer for about eight months now, and I regret to admit that I actually forgot about them when they finished downloading. I like her music so far, and I love her voice.

When I was in my early teens, I was a huge M2M fan. I wasn’t heartbroken when they disbanded (because I was a bit turned off when they recorded a Mandarin version of some of their songs). When Marion Raven came back on the scene, I wasn’t really impressed with her music. But recently, I found out that Marit Larsen has been back for about four years – although she’s with a Norwegian label instead of an international one unlike Marion Raven. I really like her music now, since she seems to know how to use her voice properly. And she performed at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. How cool is that?

I remember listening to Lene Marlin’s song Sitting Down Here, some years ago. I didn’t know it was her, then. I’ve listened to her new album, Twist the Truth, and it’s really nice.

There are a few others such as Ingrid Olava, Thom Hell (really good), Elvira Nikolaisen, and Thomas Dybdahl. I haven’t listened to them much, except for probably one song each.

Going to look at outdoor dining sets now.

The weather is being bipolar.

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It’s been raining on and off for the past couple of days. It was pretty cool yesterday, but today’s heat is annoying, even though it’s rather cloudy. When is the weather going to be just perfect?

I’ve gotten re-addicted to The Sims 2. I reinstalled the game a couple of days ago and I’ve been having fun with it. My Sim has graduated from University and has reached the top of the Show Business career track, haha.

I’m planning to figure out how to recolor hair and create meshes so I can finally stop downloading stuff and actually create my own custom content. I’ll probably figure it out over the weekend.

Going off-topic, because I’m proud of my dad, watch his Jazz Improv videos on Pelicola.tv. This has been around for a while, and I’ve only gotten around to actually blogging about it. :) My dad is a successful musician in the Philippine jazz scene. While he’s not known in the mainstream music industry, I like to think that he’s pretty much respected in the jazz industry. I’m very proud of him. :)

Anyway, I’m going to go play The Sims and maybe build the Stratosphere hotel.

Music is the poetry of the air

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So. I feel like sharing the music I’ve been listening to lately. Maybe you’ll find something to add to your archive, or MP3 players, or something.

  • Loquat
    I found this band while I was searching for music similar to Ivy’s music. Well they’re pretty similar, and I love Kylee Swenson’s voice.
  • Cansei de Ser Sexy
    If you asked me to place them in a genre, I would spend probably a whole day trying to figure them out. They sound good, I like their lyrics, although some of my male friends say it’s too feminine for them. I have no idea what they mean by that.
  • Yael Naim
    She has a great voice, although I can’t understand some of her lyrics, because some of them are in French, others are in Hebrew. One of her songs was used in a MacBook Air commercial (New Soul).
  • Jaymay
    Indie folk. :D I love Jaymay. I fell in love with her music after I heard her scatting on one of her songs, ‘Hard to Say’. :D
  • Justin Nozuka
    He can sing pretty well. His music is relaxing, so I usually listen to him before I go to bed. My current favorite Justin Nozuka song is ‘Down In a Cold Dirty Well’.

A music post, how quaint.

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I’d like to share what has been keeping my foobar busy these days.

  • Van Canto
    Van Canto is a German a capella metal band. A capella and metal, sound so weird put together. When my brother showed me the link to their Nightwish cover, I cracked up. It was a little weird at first, but I’ve grown to like them.
  • Explosions In The Sky
    They’re an instrumental post-rock band. I usually listen to them while I’m working. I find it much easier to concentrate.
  • Amiina
    Amiina is a string quartet. They’re Icelandic (like Sigur Ros). They play mostly instrumentals as well. I love how their music sounds.
  • Mogwai
    A post-rock band from Glasgow, they usually play guitar-based instrumentals. I love their song, The Sun Smells Too Loud.

As you can see, I’ve been listening mostly to instrumentals for the past few months. Well, in addition to other songs I have in my hard drive. I’m open to different genres, though. So if you have anything to recommend… :)

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